E-Government
With
the National Information Technology Policy in place,
enhance delivery of Government services and
enable greater citizen participation
provide accountability and transparency for
reinventing governance
develop online systems that create
public/private partnerships
She
touts e-government in Nigeria as one of the “fruits of democracy”.[2]
A little over a year after the London Seminar, Nigeria was included in a consortium of countries, Albania, Mozambique, and Tunisia, under the leadership of Italy that will work with the UN Digital Opportunities Task Force to draft a template for other developing countries that decide to initiate e-government initiatives. To assess the effectiveness of the blueprint, Nigeria has implemented a land or citizens registry.[3] According to local residents, this initiative is still underway and has not progressed very much.
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Although
things are moving slowly at the National level, the local and state governments
are moving forward with their e-government plans. Some States have effectively
rolled out their e-government plans. Akwa Ibom, home of the soon to open Technology Park, has a very
informative website. The State has linked all ministry government offices to
the Internet and workers have the ability to video-conference. Most of the
states’ web sites and governmental agencies’ web sites are informational only
and do not allow for interactive sessions.